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Data corruption

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

Errors in computer data that occur during writing, reading, storage, transmission, or processing, which introduce unintended changes to the original data.

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Errors in computer data that occur during writing, reading, storage, transmission, or processing, which introduce unintended changes to the original data.